We love a batch of freshly baked muffins around here, and these delightfully soft and light apple muffins with a crispy crumble topping are fabulous for tea time. Apple and cinnamon is a flavour match made in heaven, and these muffins come together easily using ingredients that you’ll find in your pantry.
BOO! It’s Halloween tomorrow, and kiddies all around are looking forward to the big day! My kids are putting the finishing touches on their costumes and planning their walking route around the neighbourhood, it really is lovely to see them so excited. This latest recipe is a Halloween treat that kids, both young and old, can get behind!
When it comes to quick and easy bakes crunchies are my go-to, especially when baked goods are required for school events. I tend to have all the ingredients on hand and kids just love them!
In my last post I mentioned that I’d visited Ottolenghi in Spitalfields during my U.K. holiday. Being the fan that I am I simply had to make time to pop in during my trip and as I walked towards the restaurant entrance the first thing I spotted was the iconic giant meringues in the shop window, along with a large selection of tempting and beautifully decorated sweet treats, just gorgeous. Inside we spotted a table laden with the most incredible salads and hummus that I could have just devoured on the spot. I spent a bit of time perusing the store before it was time to move on, and while I was there I bought a jar of rose petals. Inspired by the beautiful treats that I saw that day I decided to make some lemon and rose mini cakes and decorate them with a few of the petals.
Happy 2023 foodies! I hope you had a lovely festive season filled with delicious treats. Let’s kick off the year with an easy and wholesome recipe. This simple seed mix adds flavour and texture to both sweet and savoury dishes, and is nutrient rich! I always have a jar of it in my pantry.
These clouds of sweet deliciousness have a crisp shell but will melt in your mouth. For a change I tried making these meringues with muscovado sugar instead of castor sugar as I usually do. I love using muscovado sugar in my baking because of the wonderful caramel flavour it adds and so I was keen to see how it would work in a batch of meringues – they turned out great!
What happens when you take a family childhood cookie recipe and give it a Nutella update? Chocolatey magic, that’s what! Thumb cookies are such a nostalgic bake for me, usually flavoured with almond essence and filled with sticky apricot or strawberry jam. We made and enjoyed them often as kids, and when I taught my own children how to make them they loved them too. Such fun to make!
Last year I was asked to make two hundred individually wrapped star cookies for a school fundraiser and I only realised recently that I haven’t yet shared the recipe! It’s a very easy sugar cookie recipe, but the really fun part is decorating the baked cookies with marbled icing and sprinkles to make cute and unique tea time treats that are sure to delight!
Cupcakes & Couscous 